mayhaps
/ˈmeɪhæps/adverb
mayhaps is spelled M-A-Y-H-A-P-S: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, mayhaps means “Maybe; perhaps; possibly; perchance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in mayhaps?
| Letters | 7: M-A-Y-H-A-P-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 115,751st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is mayhaps?
Mayhaps appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce mayhaps?
- /ˈmeɪhæps/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-mayhaps.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does mayhaps mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
Maybe; perhaps; possibly; perchance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mayhaps come from?
From mayhap + -s.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).